---
name: "Anna Symon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anna-symon"
fi1m_id: "anna-symon"
imdb_id: "nm4706390"
tmdb_id: 1688611
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T18:32:41.433526+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anna Symon

## Identity

Anna Symon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anna-symon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anna-symon
- **IMDb ID:** nm4706390
- **TMDB ID:** 1688611
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4706390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1688611

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4706390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1688611

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mrs Wilson*](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Anna Symon is a screenwriter and showrunner. Before her screenwriting career she worked as a producer and director in current affairs and documentaries, and graduated from the 4Screenwriting programme in 2013.

Her credits include the 2018 BBC miniseries *Mrs Wilson*, the 2022 Apple TV+ adaptation *The Essex Serpent*, and the 2024 ITV series *Joan*, which she created. She also wrote episodes of *Indian Summers* (2015–2016) and *Deep Water* (2019). *Mrs Wilson* received multiple BAFTA nominations, including for Best Mini-Series, and a Writers’ Guild of Great Britain award nomination for Best Screenplay.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, casarotto.co.uk, serial-eyes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mrs Wilson* (2018), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Joan* (2024), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Essex Serpent* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Adaptation, Writer
- *Deep Water* (2019), series, Writer
- *Mrs Wilson* (2018), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md)
- *Indian Summers* (2015), series, Writer
- *Revelation: The End of Days* (2014), series, Writer
- *Heatwave*, series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator

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